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Recent Examples of clamp down
Sand refuses gripping; the one-footed cannot flee over sand, cannot clamp down on sand and retract into their shells, and octopuses know it.
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Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Legislators are feeling pressure to clamp down on its development and adoption as a result.
—Neil Chilson, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
After a slew of ICE walkouts in Texas, state officials have threatened to clamp down on students, educators and districts.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Texas needs to clamp down on the veteran guard.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Legislators are feeling pressure to clamp down on its development and adoption as a result.
—Neil Chilson, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
After a slew of ICE walkouts in Texas, state officials have threatened to clamp down on students, educators and districts.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
Texas needs to clamp down on the veteran guard.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamp down
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Bernhard’s barely contained incestuous desires (The Loser is only one of a suite of works about brother-sister love and hate, alongside Correction, The Lime Works, and Concrete) are the product of individual psychologies run amok and turned back on themselves, the offshoots of artistic monomania.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Al Otro Lado, HIAS and other groups who provided assistance to the asylum seekers who were turned back at the border argued this case is about much more than the narrow legal definition of a few words.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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The mixer uses an EBI braking system that recovers up to 30% of energy.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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Larger tires increase rotational inertia and lengthen the lever arm between hub and road, forcing the braking system to work harder.—
Bryan Rogala,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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The airline’s efforts to revive services have been held back by the closure of Qatar’s airspace, alongside the company’s heavier dependence on long-haul corridors that remain constrained.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Mar. 2026
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It can only be imparted by the example of a wise craftsman in the midst of practicing their craft—knowing exactly how much pressure to apply at what moment, knowing when to press forward and when to hold back.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Police are asking people to check their cameras along the route, starting at Interstate 435 and Roe north to Sommerset Drive, at the north end of Franklin Park, as well as Roe and Sommerset to West 83rd Street and West 83rd east to State Line Road.—
Robert A. Cronkleton
March 26,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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Once all these ballots are checked to make sure they should be counted, they are sent to an entirely separate system, which reads them electronically and provides the election results.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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Arnold's name was first brought up in the case after 23-year-old Boakai Hilton, who is believed to be an associate of Arnold, Arianna Del Valle, Jasmine Randazzo, Christion Williams, Lyndell Hudson and Freddie Hughes were arrested for allegedly kidnapping three men and assaulting them.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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After the pair were arrested, Haghighi also co-signed a letter of protest—as did Panahi, who, in turn, was arrested and imprisoned.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Another win this weekend at Golden 1 will stamp UCLA’s ticket to the Final Four in Arizona.—
Joe Davidson
March 27,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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My kids stamped, dyed, experimented, and ended the day with scarves of their own design.—
Christine Chitnis,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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The league has the power to squash the little guy.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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The decision marked the first time in tournament history that the final weeks of the college basketball season would not be played, squashing Atlanta’s plans to host the Final Four.—
Shari Rudavsky,
IndyStar,
27 Mar. 2026
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Although Nigeria was temporarily suspended from the Commonwealth group of nations, the oil industry continued its operations, and federal governments continued to misappropriate their share of the revenues and violently suppress protests.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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This structural scaling suppressed unwanted charge trapping and leakage currents, ensuring the chip remains electronically stable even under intense, high-dose gamma exposure.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Clamp down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamp%20down. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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